Both Sides of the Blade (2022): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch Both Sides of the Blade in Persian?

Both Sides of the Blade streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2022 drama film from France, United Kingdom. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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Ten years into a relationship built on trust, Sara's chance sighting of a face from her past is enough to send her carefully balanced life into freefall.

What is Both Sides of the Blade about?

Sara and Jean have shared a home and a decade together, their bond seemingly settled after the turbulence that first brought them there. Then Sara spots François on a Paris street, her former partner and Jean's closest friend from his years as a professional rugby player. He does not see her, yet the sighting alone convinces her that everything could change. Not long after, François reaches out to Jean directly, proposing they work together again after years of silence. Jean agrees, unaware of what the reunion will stir in Sara. As old feelings resurface and professional ties tangle with personal history, the three are pulled into a slow-building crisis that tests loyalty, desire, and how well any of them truly knows the others. Claire Denis directs this tense, intimate drama about a relationship strained from within.

About the cast

Juliette Binoche plays Sara with a controlled intensity that carries the film's emotional weight, opposite Vincent Lindon as Jean and Grégoire Colin as François, completing a triangle shaped as much by history as by present desire. Mati Diop and Bulle Ogier appear in supporting roles that widen the film's view of Sara and Jean's world beyond the central three.

Context & significance

Adapted from a Christine Angot novel, Both Sides of the Blade is a French-British production shot in Claire Denis's characteristically close, handheld style, favoring faces and silences over exposition. It screened in festival competition and marked one of several collaborations between Denis and Binoche, whose screen partnership has become a recurring thread in the director's recent work.

Watching Both Sides of the Blade on Ktime

Both Sides of the Blade is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers full access to Denis's dialogue-driven drama. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login; this page and its details are open to read without one. The platform's Farsi-first design is built for Persian-speaking audiences abroad looking for character-driven international cinema.

Cast & crew

Both Sides of the Blade is a 2022 drama film from France, United Kingdom. It was directed by Claire Denis. The cast is led by Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin. It runs 117 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Claire Denis

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Issa Perica, Bulle Ogier, Mati Diop, Hana Magimel, Alice Houri

Country

France, United Kingdom

Year

2022

Runtime

117 min

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Romance, FRENCH

Frequently asked questions

What is Both Sides of the Blade about?

It follows a woman whose decade-long relationship is thrown into crisis when her former partner re-enters her life and her husband's.

Who directed Both Sides of the Blade?

Claire Denis directed the film, released in 2022 as a French-British production.

Does Both Sides of the Blade have Persian subtitles or dubbing?

Yes, K-Time offers it with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles.

Who stars in Both Sides of the Blade?

Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, and Grégoire Colin lead the cast.

What year was Both Sides of the Blade made?

Both Sides of the Blade was released in 2022 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.